chichester roofscape

chichester cathedral

Folder: english cathedrals
cathedral and affiliated buildings in its close
chichester roofscape

chichester roofscape

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not a highrise in sight, except for the cathedral. the entire town would have known when the spire collapsed in victorian times.
chichester roofscape

chichester roofscape

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not a highrise in sight, except for the cathedral. the entire town would have known when the spire collapsed in victorian times.
chichester town walls

chichester town walls

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part of the extensive walls around the town, this section enclosing the bishop's palace gardens. built upon a roman core, most of the extant bastions must date from the c13, probably cut down in the age of the cannon.
chichester bishop's palace gardens, sussex

chichester bishop's palace gardens, sussex

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c16 brick walls surround the bishop's palace grounds
chichester bishop's palace gardens, sussex

chichester bishop's palace gardens, sussex

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c16 brick walls surround the bishop's palace grounds
chichester cathedral

chichester cathedral

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view from the town wall over the c16 brick walls of the bishop's palace's own defences
chichester cathedral, bishops palace

chichester cathedral, bishops palace

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long c16 office wing of the palace running south to the gatehouse
chichester cathedral , bishops palace gatehouse

chichester cathedral , bishops palace gatehouse

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c14 vaulting corbel , possibly a wildman fighting a dragon
chichester cathedral , bishops palace gatehouse

chichester cathedral , bishops palace gatehouse

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c14 bishop's head on vaulting corbel
chichester cathedral , bishops palace gatehouse

chichester cathedral , bishops palace gatehouse

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c14 gatehouse from the bishops' palace and gardens.
chichester cathedral (34)

chichester cathedral (34)

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restored mid c12 doorway in the residentiary building on canons' lane
chichester cathedral (33)

chichester cathedral (33)

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restored mid c12 doorway in the residentiary building on canons' lane
chichester cathedral

chichester cathedral

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view up st. richard's walk to the cloister and cathedral
chichester cathedral

chichester cathedral

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view of the tower rebuilt 1861-6 after the c15 spire's fall , seen from canon's lane to the south. the transept was altered in the early c14, and like much of the church is heavily restored.
chichester cathedral gatehouse

chichester cathedral gatehouse

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angel with shield detail of the late perp. precinct gateway between south street and canon's lane
chichester cathedral gatehouse

chichester cathedral gatehouse

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angel with shield detail of the late perp. precinct gateway between south street and canon's lane
chichester cathedral gatehouse

chichester cathedral gatehouse

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precinct gateway between south street and canon's lane, late perp rebuilt by ewan christian in 1894
chichester cathedral , vicars' close

chichester cathedral , vicars' close

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c15 houses built c.1400 for the vicars of the cathedral, much altered in the c18. the opposite side of the close was turned to face south street as shops in 1825, and the gatehouse at the south end destroyed, so this group lacks the completeness of wells.
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